Jorge Navarro - Jorge Navarro

Altercat

£25.56

Format: Vinyl LP
Catalogue No.: ALT011
Barcode: 0619843385924
Release Date: 27th November 2020
Genre: Jazz (Jazz Funk)

01: Black Dog
02: Vamos Quedando Pocos
03: Lucky Southern
04: Repartamos El Funky
05: Funk Yourself0
06: Great Gorge0
07: Después de la Polenta

• Official reissue of one of Argentina's top jazz-funk albums.
• First vinyl reissue.
• Top sound mastered from original master tapes
• 4-page insert with previously unpublished pictures and liner notes in English and Spanish.
• Free download code.

It's safe to say that starting a jazz album with a version of Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" was quite a daring deed, to say the least. In Argentina — back in 1977.

And yet this is something a musician with the career of Jorge Navarro could afford. Navarro belongs to a generation of musicians who shaped the history of jazz music in Argentina, starting already in the mid-50s alongside other renowned jazzmen such as Lalo Schifrin, Leandro "Gato" Barbieri, "Baby" López Furst or Jorge López Ruiz.

In Argentina, "con polenta" is an expression used to describe something with great energy or strength — which perfectly defines the mood for the album. As many other musicians, most notably Schifrin and Barbieri (who enjoyed a huge international success and would only sporadically return to Argentina), Navarro had just left the country and spent several years in the USA, returning to his homeland full of energy and new ideas, which translated into his debut solo album where navarro performs on Hammond, Fender Rhodes and Steinway pianos. A rocking blend of Jazz and Funk, the album unexpectedly kicks off with a groovy cover of Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" and includes equally wicked takes on compositions by Eumir Deodato, Keith Jarrett and Joe Farrell, as well as two self-penned originals and a funky number by Roberto Valencia, who's in charge of percussion in the album.